Obelisk

The information below appears on a single obelisk. This surveyor doesn’t know which of these individuals are buried in some of the 40 or so fieldstone marked graves in this cemetery. Some have marked graves here; that information follows the listing of the obelisk information.

Side 1
Gen Stephen MOORE / Oct 30, 1734 / May 20, 1799/ married
Griselda Phillips / Feb 18, 1748 / 1810 /
Their children /
Mary Moore / 1778-1851 / married / Richard Stanford / 1767-1816 /
Side 2
Robert Moore / married / Sarah Bailey /
John Moore / Infant /
Phillips Moore / married twice / Rebecca / Died in 1795 /
Second wife / Elizabeth Dudley
Frances Moore / married / Jesse Dickins / (They are both buried in the Atkinson-Clack-Dickins cemetery)
Sidney Moore / married / Mary Reade /
Side 3
Ann Moore / never married /
Marcus Moore / no record /
Dr Portious Moore / married twice / Frances Webb / second wife / Lucy Pulliam /
Cadmus Moore / no record /
Samuel Moore / married / Betsy Knott /

Graves

1 - (broken stone) Portius MOORE / Born / Oct 15, 1784 / Died Dec 3, 1847 /

2 - General / Stephen / MOORE / NC REGT / REV WAR /

3 - Mrs E A L READE / wife of E G READE / Died March 26, 1871 / Aged 57 /

4 - fieldstone J E M / R F M / R R F M /

5 - fieldstone T D /

6 - fieldstone M D / M D / D. 1845 /

7 - In memory of / Alfred / infant son of / Alfred & Mary L / NORMAN / of the NC Conference / who died Apr 7, 1848 / Aged 2 Years, 2 Months / and 20 Days / the next three are on one stone

8. In memory / of John Emory / who was born July 5^th, 1859 / and died the 28^th of the same month /

9. Robert Fletcher / who was born Oct 21^st, 1842 / and died July 26^th, 1847 /

10. Richard Robert Fletcher / who was born Aug 5^th, 1847 / and died March 6^th, 1848/

children of / RH & SH MOORE /

11 - To the memory of / Reade Noell / Born / Mar 4, 1854 / Died / Oct 6, 1856 /

12 - Infant / son of / WF & ME / READE /

13 - Edwin G (Godwin) / son of / WF & PC READE / Born / May 13, 1888 / Died / Oct 31, 1888 / Of such is the kingdom of heaven /

14 - Clifton H / son of / WF & PC READE / Born / Sept 14, 1895 / Died / Jun 7, 1897 / A little child shall / lead them / (fs) CHR /

READE (family stone)
15. William Franklin / December 28, 1846-May 19, 1946 /

16. Emma Moore / his wife / August 11, 1847-February 15, 1886 /

17. Pamela Wyche / his wife / February 21, 1862-March 28, 1942 /

18 - Cornelia H FREEMAN / wife of / C B CLEGG / Born Aug 7, 1848 / Died June 25, 1880 / Aged 31 YS 10MS 18DS / She was an affectionate wife / fond mother and an humble / christian /

19 - C B CLEGG / Died / Apr 18, 1884 / Aged / 55YS 1MO 20DY / In the path of the just / is the shining light that / shineth more and more / to the perfect day /

The following information is all on one stone (graves 20 - 31 below):
(A stone such as this one is problamatic for use as proof that the graves are actually present near the stone. Typically a stone such as this one was placed by the family many years after some of the burials occured and portions of the information included may be have based on oral family history. Note that the earliest death shown on this stone was in 1857, the latest in 1930. As an example of the problem here, lacking specific proof, it is unlikely that the body of Portius Aurelius was returned to Person County from Petersburg. This note is included as a caution to researchers.)

20 - In memory of / Cornelia Godwin, wife of Rev J P MOORE / Born Jan 15, 1841, Died Jun 13^th, 1873 / and their children /

21 - Portius Aurelius / Born Oct 7^th, 1835 / Fell at Petersburg / July 24^th, 1864 /

22 - Lucy Read , Born Sept 18^th, 1843 / Died Mar 12^th, 1862 /

23 - Isaac Newton, Born July 5^th, 1847 / Died Jan 4^th, 1859 /

24 - Charles Richard, Born June 3^rd, 1852 / Died Aug 22^nd, 1863 /

25 & 26 - Robert Paine & John Pulliam, Twins / Born Sept 10^th, 1857 /
Robert Paine Died Jun 25^th, 1858 / John Pulliam Died Mar 30^th, 1858

27 - Edwin Gaston, Born Mar 27^th, 1834 / Died July 15^th, 1904 /

28 - George Galliton, Born Aug 16^th, 1837 / Died Dec 29^th, 1916 /

29 - Samuel Sidney, Born Dec 14^th, 1839 / Died Oct 28^th, 1892 /

30 - Annabella, Born Sept 10^th, 1841 / Died Oct 2^nd, 1930 /

31 - Ella, Born 1854, Died 1879 /

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